Example sentences of "[art] number of [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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| 31 | With transactions data the possibility exists of shortening the time period used ( to hours , say ) , and measuring maturity by the number of hours to delivery . |
| 32 | This brings the number of ads to 12 since the series started in May 1991. the campaign has won several awards and featured stars such as Catherine Zeta Jones and Ian McShane . |
| 33 | These would have extended the county boroughs of Cardiff and Newport ; made minor adjustments to the boundaries of Swansea ; demoted Merthyr Tydfil to a non-county borough ; and reduced the number of counties to seven . |
| 34 | Between 1952 and 1970 the number of emigrants to Curação declined and then stopped , largely because other places increasingly appeared more attractive to the emigrant . |
| 35 | There are also options to rotate , smooth , set the number of copies to be printed and specify which units are to be used for measurements . |
| 36 | The number of students to be recruited for each field in the next academic year ( the target ) is fixed during the first term of the current year . |
| 37 | Finally , Ebussu'ud Efendi also stipulated the number of students to whom each entitled office-holder in the learned profession might grant and though the numbers which he fixed are not reported , figures have been given above which comprise a partial list for the of 959 and 963 , while Ata'i gives another partial list for the of 973 , in which the kazaskers were each permitted to invest ten students as " the kadis of the three cities ' i.e. those of Istanbul , Edirne and Bursa ) five each , and " the other kadis of the throne " a term of uncertain application , but almost certainly comprising at least the other kadis mentioned in the decree of 963 ) three each : the figures for the kazaskers at least , and probably the others as well , applied down to Ata'i 's own day . |
| 38 | Indeed , it was found to be difficult sometimes to keep down the number of journals to a manageable size . |
| 39 | Indeed in one section , concerned with the effects of improvement and major repairs on the number of houses to be replaced , the report comments that ‘ Solomon himself would not have known the correct answer ’ . |
| 40 | Further processing to remove hyphenation and possessives reduced the number of absences to 1186 types ( 669 tokens ) . |
| 41 | True enough , the preparatory process leading up to the summit has got badly bogged down , and the number of logjams to be cleared between now and June will keep the UNCED secretariat in hectic action 24 hours a day , seven days a week . |
| 42 | Statistics for the years 1975 to 1987 show an 18 per cent drop in the number of visitors to the palaces , while the National Trust has seen a 48 per cent rise . |
| 43 | In recent years , the number of visitors to Foxton has increased considerably , as has interest in industrial archaeology . |
| 44 | I leave Skye returning to Inverness with his account very similar to my own experience barring the missiles and the guides and honestly think once again that the number of visitors to some ‘ beauty spots ’ in the Highlands and Islands were far in excess of those of today . |
| 45 | The most feasible way to reduce the number of visitors to one area is to open up more scenic spots and footpaths in another . |
| 46 | For example , the number of visitors to the Department of the Environment 's Ancient Monuments rose from 6.8 million in 1960 to 15.4 million in 1972 ; visitors to National Trust properties also increased in number from 1.02 million to 3.9 million over the same period . |
| 47 | last year , but the Northern Ireland tourist board is working with Bord Failte on a joint marketing programme designed to increase the number of visitors to the island of Ireland as a whole . |
| 48 | During the year , SCDI hosted many such meetings and a few of our guests were The number of visitors to the Scottish Council from overseas continued at a high level . |
| 49 | During the year , SCDI hosted many such meetings and a few of our guests were The number of visitors to the Scottish Council from overseas continued at a high level . |
| 50 | The number of visitors to Redcar has fallen dramatically according to latest figures and Langbaurgh councillors blame its ‘ invisible ’ tourist information office , which has moved from the seafront to Dundas Street . |
| 51 | THE number of visitors to this year 's Birmingham Motor Show topped 650,000 , a 45pc increase on the last show in 1990 , it was announced yesterday . |
| 52 | Since the number of visitors to the Exhibition Room is noted as a matter of routine at all times of the year , in theory no special effort had to be made to record the number of potential respondents . |
| 53 | The changes had been announced by President Ibrahim Babangida on Aug. 27 , when he said that the decision to bring the number of states to 30 was based on " social justice , the principle of development and the principle of a balanced federation " . |
| 54 | The major clubs are looking sympathetically at any scheme which will reduce the number of matches to be played next season . |
| 55 | A quota is established by dividing the total number of valid votes by the number of members to be elected plus one , and rounding up or adding one to the quotient . |
| 56 | Estonia joined the International Maritime Organization ( IMO ) on Jan. 31 , bringing the number of members to 136 [ see p. 38267 ] . |
| 57 | The width of the game 's popularity throughout the world is shown by the number of countries to which Kay & Company have sold stones . |
| 58 | Within any given grouping there is a further need to determine the number of countries to be investigated and also the level at which the comparison should proceed . |
| 59 | France , with its competitive admission to training , is able to match the number of entrants to available posts and therefore , apparently has no teacher unemployment . |
| 60 | The proportion of out-of-wedlock births has increased so much mainly because the number of births to married couples has sharply declined . |